Aksharacyutaka, Akṣaracyutaka, Akshara-cyutaka: 3 definitions

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Aksharacyutaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Akṣaracyutaka can be transliterated into English as Aksaracyutaka or Aksharacyutaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Aksharachyutaka.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Aksharacyutaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Akṣaracyutaka (अक्षरच्युतक).—[akṣaraṃ cyutaṃ luptaṃ yatra; ba kap] getting out a different meaning by the omission of a letter (e. g. kurvan divākaraśleṣaṃ dadhaccaraṇaḍambaram | deva yauṣmākasenayoḥ kareṇuḥ prasaratyasau where another meaning may be got by omitting ka in kareṇuḥ i. e. by taking reṇuḥ).

Derivable forms: akṣaracyutakam (अक्षरच्युतकम्).

Akṣaracyutaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms akṣara and cyutaka (च्युतक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Akṣaracyutaka (अक्षरच्युतक):—[=a-kṣara-cyutaka] [from a-kṣara] n. ‘supplying dropped (cyuta) syllables’, a kind of game, [Kādambarī]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Aksharacyutaka in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Akṣaracyutaka (ಅಕ್ಷರಚ್ಯುತಕ):—[noun] a figure of speech in which a new meaning is got by gradual omission of letters in a word or words in a sentence.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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